The City of Your Final Destination

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The City of Your Final Destination
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byJames Ivory
Written byRuth Prawer Jhabvala
Based onThe City of Your Final Destination
by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJavier Aguirresarobe
Edited by
Music byJorge Drexler
Production
companies
Distributed byScreen Media Films
Release dates
  • March 21, 2009 (2009-03-21) (Golden State Film Festival)
  • April 16, 2010 (2010-04-16) (United States)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8.3 million
Box office$1.4 million[1]

The City of Your Final Destination is a 2009 American drama film directed by James Ivory and starring, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Omar Metwally, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Norma Aleandro. It was written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and based on the eponymous novel by .

The film is the first Merchant Ivory film without producer Ismail Merchant and composer Richard Robbins.

Synopsis[]

The film follows graduate student Omar Razaghi (Omar Metwally), who wishes to write a biography on obscure writer Jules Gund, who died years before. Omar must travel to Uruguay to persuade the Gund family to authorize the biography.

Setting[]

Most of the story in the novel takes place in a small town in Uruguay. The novel's beginning chapter takes place in Lawrence, Kansas, where the protagonist is a graduate student at the University of Kansas. The story ends at the New York City Opera Hall.

Cast[]

The cast had the participation of local actors and citizens who officiated as extras.

Production[]

Locations[]

Most of the filming took place in two ranches located in the coastal area of the Punta Indio district, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Some scenes were filmed in the district's head city Veronica.

Soundtrack[]

The soundtrack contains the following music:

Release[]

It had an early preview in New York City on November 27, 2007 (at the ceremony of the Trophée des Arts for James Ivory from the ). In October 2009, James Ivory brought the film to Rome, where it received its official world premiere at the International Rome Film Festival, out of competition, then showing at Tokyo International Film Festival for Hiroyuki Sanada's special screening. Screen Media distributed it in the United States on April 16, 2010.

Reception[]

Critical reception[]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 39%, based on 56 reviews, and an average rating of 5.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads "A stellar cast can't elevate this leaden adaptation that, while just as beautiful as anything director James Ivory's made before, comes off as dusty and dry."[2] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[3]

Controversy[]

In early 2007, Anthony Hopkins claimed that he had yet to be paid for his work on the film and that Merchant Ivory had short-changed the cast and crew.[4] Merchant Ivory counter-argued that Hopkins' payment terms had, in fact, recently been renegotiated higher. Later in the year, the actor filed court papers to take the company to an arbitrator. In October 2007, Hopkins filed a lawsuit against Merchant Ivory for payment of his salary of $750,000.[5]

In 2008, actress and singer Susan (Suzy) Malick[6] also filed suit against Merchant Ivory and James Ivory for producer credit and $500,000 in an unpaid loan, used when the film was threatened to be shut down due to lack of funding.[7][8] In 2012, Malick moved for trial by jury, and the suit was settled out of court.

References[]

  1. ^ "The City of Your Final Destination (2010)". Box Office Mojo. August 15, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "The City of Your Final Destination (2010)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "The City of Your Final Destination Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  4. ^ "Merchant Ivory Denies Hopkins Non-Payment Claims". PR Inside. April 5, 2007.
  5. ^ "People: Ellen DeGeneres, Anthony Hopkins, Meryl Streep" – Associated Press – (c/o International Herald Tribune) – October 18, 2007
  6. ^ es:Sussie 4
  7. ^ "Give Me Credit, Says Actress". Page Six. April 21, 2008. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
  8. ^ Barnes, Brooks (2016). "Movies - The New York Times". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2016.

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